Brad Green (Press Conference at 11.40am)

[rhaz]

Melbourne FC ‏@melbournefc
Brad Green, Mark Neeld and Don McLardy will hold a press conference today at 11.40 am. We'll be tweeting live - stay tuned.

Looks like he may be retiring.

 

[Dory_77]

'Brad Green, Mark Neeld and Don McLardy will hold a press conference today at 11.40 am. We'll be tweeting live so follow us on Twitter to get the news first.'
Retirement is at $1.03. Kinda sad seeing as Greeny's hit some form.
Possibly another contract? Regaining the captaincy?

 

[Viney]

Reckon Brad has another year in him, but if he's retiring, hope it's on his terms

 

[autocol]

Surely retirement.

 

[d33my]

Don't think they would hold a presser for a contract extension - I reckon it might be retirement.
Which, if Brad had been thinking about it a lot, may explain some of his exuberant celebrations the other day. He might have known he was heading toward the end.

 

[Captain Jack]

Yeah I reckon he had a weight off his shoulders, especially on Sunday but over the last few weeks in general. We will see...

 

[Blackas87]

Hope it's not retirement but it probably is, he has shown he can still play and he is only 31, still a couple of years left in him.

 

[Samsara]

Any live feeds? Fox Sports is supposed to (according to MFC Twitter) but can't find it...

 

[Captain Jack]

I don't want to sound all negative here, but let's not forget how past it Green looked in the first half of the year. Slow, inaccurate, not getting much of the ball, frustrated, in and out of the team. I'm as happy as anyone that he's come back and had a really good impact on the team in the past 5-6 weeks, but that doesn't completely hide the fact that the game is past him in terms of the big picture. Maybe he could go around again next year, but it would be a damn shame for him to see out his days at Casey or on the injury list if his body couldn't hold up for the year. I'd rather see him finish on the high he's currently on (as I said above I reckon they are closely related, he's been playing like a free man the past few weeks) and hopefully we get to see many more of those excellent celebrations in the last 4 weeks of the year.

Then again they could be having us on, and call a presser to announce he's playing on next year. Would be sneaky.

 

[ThePuppetMaster]

If this is a retirement conference, I think it's the right decision - he'll know how his body feels; he won't want to end his career at Casey.

 

[Samsara]

No live feed sucks, but I am sure we will get a replay later on.

Well done Green, a fantastic club servant.

 

[Samsara]

Melbourne FC ‏@melbournefc
Brad Green has announced his retirement and will play on to the end of the year.

 

[Captain Jack]

Will retire at end of year

 

[murphy2bedabest]

Green to retire at seasons end

Champion

 

[ThePuppetMaster]

Retirement it is.

Congrats on a great career Greeny, hopefully you'll still be around the club for a while.

 

[Viney]

Congratulations to Brad on what has been a stellar career

The bloke always went when it was his turn, depsite the perception of the average bigfooty idiot.

Hoping his last few games are class as to help erase his 2011

Hope he stays on with the club

 

[Demons2012]

nice work Greeny, glad to see you finish on a good note.

 

[d33my]

Good call Captain Jack, I think the time is right. Go out on a high note, because it could have turned ugly next year if he didn't perform.

Thanks for the mems Greeny. Great servant of the club and loyal to the end. Looking forward to hopefully retaining him at the club in some sort of capacity.

 

[Praetorian]

Congratulations to Greeny, a really solid career. I'm glad he has hit some form towards the end and its a shame he wont play finals again but he has been an outstanding club servant.

 

[d33my]

My tribute:

 

[melbournemartin]

Very disappointing for a guy who gave his all and was never appreciated by the wider community as much as he should have been (except for his set shot kicking).

You definitely feel sorry for a guy who burst onto his scene and played in a Grand Final (albeit for 5 minutes) and then has never gotten to the same point again, through no fault of his own I must add.

 

[Carusiii]

Congratz on a great career Greeny!

 

[Bluelegs]

This is how it should've been with Junior. Regardless I'm glad the club got it right this time, thanks Greeny for your faithful service to the club, look forward to seeing you in your final games.

 

[Blackas87]

I don't want to sound all negative here, but let's not forget how past it Green looked in the first half of the year. Slow, inaccurate, not getting much of the ball, frustrated, in and out of the team. I'm as happy as anyone that he's come back and had a really good impact on the team in the past 5-6 weeks, but that doesn't completely hide the fact that the game is past him in terms of the big picture. Maybe he could go around again next year, but it would be a damn shame for him to see out his days at Casey or on the injury list if his body couldn't hold up for the year. I'd rather see him finish on the high he's currently on (as I said above I reckon they are closely related, he's been playing like a free man the past few weeks) and hopefully we get to see many more of those excellent celebrations in the last 4 weeks of the year.

The whole team was out of form at the start of the year, everyone just about looked slow and out of place, form is temporary, class is forever and Brad has shown again he is full of class, we have this notion in Aussie Rules football that once you're 30 and out of form the game has past you, I don't believe that, What about 20 year old Trengove out of form this year, has the game past him? I would of backed Brad to come out and kick 30-40 goals next year. I do agree though it would be a shame if he did finished out of form and for Casey so i'm glad he is finishing with some form but I just hope he retired on his terms and not another club legend forced out because we're looking 5 years ahead.